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You know that you could simply ask politely instead of rant?
And I know which one I prefer.
Because it can always be a Mini or another experiment. Remember that a month ago Nintendo said that "we will have more Partner Shitcase this year". So this can be the next one.
We have more than FZero% but less than 100%, which is roughly 50-60% (edit: Just joking, I think we are in a 70-80 position right now). Insiders basically know/speculate about some releases this year, so it makes sense for Nintendo to announce them soon, but they can easily do a Twitter announcement again.
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What if the real Direct were the friend we made along the way.......................that would suck. I want video games. :)
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A 2D Metroid game is being worked on, presumably with MercurySteam. Conflicting reports whether it's a new game or another remake. It's almost been three years since Samus Returns released. I don't think anyone is treating it like a foregone conclusion, more that it's a likelihood.
Sure, but they twitter dropped Paper Mario and that's a brand new game as opposed to a repack and uprez of 3 old Mario games we've all played and I kinda think that's weirder.
Why complicate it so much? It either happens, or it doesn't. So 50%!
I mean they're not just "3 old Mario games" are they though, they're 2 of the best games of all time
And 1 special little guy who tried so hard
This is the only answer to my question that matters.
I see where you're coming from, but re-releases of some of Mario's all-time greatest hits deserves at least a little fanfare, I'd say.
My prediction? The Microsoft indie announcement got pushed back to the regular direct to accompany the other Microsoft game announcement: the long rumored Halo Switch port(s).
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Egh MercurySteam.
Hot take - Metroid Samus Returns isn't great. It's the only Metroid other than Other M that I fell off of. But I guess at least it's something since Nintendo proper seems to have zero interest in Metroid thanks to Sakamoto.
Your post is almost as original as a bullshit water pack mechanic 😛
I think I said very politely what I had to say. Or is it that critizise something that clearly doesn't work is being unpolite? We certainly don't agree about courtesy etiquette, then.
By the way, I also asked the OP to got edited with the last info, which I think is certainly problem solving.
I dunno, to me it makes more sense to announce one game per event, multiplying the impact of the announcements.
They closed the event with Goose coop, a Microsoft "indie" like Ori 2 would have been far more impactful.
My guess is that the game is not ready and they wanted to avoid announcing too many 2021 games during the event, or that they wanted to close the next Indie World with the game. We had lots of good reveals and shadowdrops, maybe Nintendo felt that it was too much.
Nah man, you're ranting. I get that this thread is difficult to keep up with, but given how little news we actually get, it's pretty understandable that it basically becomes a hangout thread. Just ask! People ask all the time what the latest is and someone almost always answers.
The OP gets updated with confirmed announcements and news, not speculation. What information are you describing?
No, I trust all the insiders that backed the August 28 day, I'm sure Nintendo has something for the day.
But I'm not that sure that this something is a big Direct with 1st party content.
If the Switch listing is accurate Ubisoft will want to feature it in a Direct so it would be announced in the Direct or the day before at Gamescom
I love all three of those games. Huge nostalgia for Sunshine and 64 and I think Galaxy is like absolute top tier gaming - better than Odyssey by a landslide. I'm still having a real hard time getting excited about just HD remasters of some Mario games as their big thing this year.
Like I wasn't screaming in the streets when Windwaker and Twilight Princess HD happened.
Also they've already screwed up the pack since they've left out what I consider to be the ultimate game - Galaxy 2. It's not my favorite game of all time, Super Metroid is, but I think Galaxy 2 is like crystallized fun. It's the single most fun game ever made.
Think about it this way, those insiders told us recently that yes, it's often hard to determine if it's a mini or general or what up until closer to when it airs.
Now, those same insiders are so confident that it's a general that they're using the word "general" and "generally" in like all of their posts. If they know just based on recent experience that it can be hard to determine the difference this early in advance yet STILL appear so confident in it being a general, doesn't that make you think they might know for a fact this time that it's a general?
I really loved it and my only real complaint is that the melee countering is too emphasized for my liking (you can work around it if you use the Ice Beam and it's actually faster for killing almost anything but it's not ideal as you lose a lot of upgraded functionality).
I welcome another MercurySteam-developed Metroid with open arms.
With Geoff saying next week is gonna be a good week for games, I know there's full reveal for CoD and Gamescom, but could he possibly hint at the direct as well?
Even if not, I'm fully on board. I believe and hope for a general direct next week! =)
I'm sure it will at some point.
Even if not, I'm fully on board. I believe and hope for a general direct next week! =)
I'm sure it will at some point.
I don´t wanna get my hopes up in case its a mini but Nintendo has too much rumored to show that there is a big possibility it is a general, Mario remasters and 3D World already make a general tbh, if they add some new first party small title and a BOTW 2 teaser that will be perfect also there is a lot of rumors of games and upcoming titles from third parties like the EA games, and the Prince of Persia Remake!
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It's hardly MS fault, Metroid II was the most limiting 2D entry, linear and lacking variety in content. MS did a great job remaking it, but there was only so much they could do without just making it a different game. Remember they originally came to Nintendo with a pitch for a Fusion remake. I reckon they could make an excellent game given more creative freedom.
I'm that guy who has played 20 minutes of Mario 1, Some indescribable amount of 64 due to long time ago, and then Odyssey. Otherwise my most Mario is Mario Maker 2 which I love. I'm hype as heck for Sunshine & 64, let alone Galaxy which I really want to play.
Haha, I know, I was just poking a little bit of fun. The fact that it's neither 100% or 0% doesn't make it 50%. Given the confidence of insiders, I think 70-80% seems appropriate.
To be fair, the last mainline 2D Metroid game came out 18 years ago.
I liked the game but I kind of agree. The counter mechanics means stopping the character too often (until you have the crazy beams), and while the tech of the game is outstanding, the art direction is sometimes bland.
And the game simply is too ambitious for the 3DS stick and button layout, I would love a remaster to be able to play it with the pro controller.
I think that's a totally fair take.
I'll say this: I'm currently putting my eggs in the basket of we're guaranteed a long mini with some pretty banging level announcements. I do personally think it'll be a general but want to go in with tempered expectations. They do have to have at least something decent cooking since they have nothing on their slate for near term releases.
Well, this is a thread about speculation. Editing it with confirmed announcements doesn't seem to be very useful, since whenever a direct gets scheduled there will be a separate thread about it.
On the other hand and since our primary sources are insiders like Captain, Nate or Grubb it would be nice to keep a track of their teases whenever they feel to share them (like yesterday's tease about Dante in Smash, which happened to be just trolling, but still), so they get fully accesible on the first post instead of having to search through an ocean of memes and off topic (something that I'm sure lots of us do when somebody says here something important, in order to read the exact words).
What is, functionally, the difference between that and a general?
Yeah I agree, my "50%" predicition was kind of a joke too, I also think we have 70% or so this time (unless Nintendo doubles down on strange decisions, which can happen).
You're definitely in for a treat. I'm not sure how well sunshine and 64 will hold up for someone who didn't play them when they were current but Galaxy is top tier. Like if it came out now it'd be GOTY.
All 3 are better than Odyssey imho. Just hope they touch up the controls a bit.
I would expect less in a mini vs a general and also it not being livestreamed. Something akin to the March mini in terms of scope and announcements is my baseline.
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